Lumiya
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| Star Wars character | |
| Lumiya | |
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 Lumiya exacts her revenge on a Rebel |
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| Position | Emperor's Hand, Vader's apprentice, Dark Lady of the Sith |
| Homeworld | Coruscant |
| Species | Human (Cyborg) |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 1.6 meters |
| Affiliation | Rebel Alliance, Galactic Empire, Order of the Sith Lords |
| Portrayed by | N/A |
In the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe, Shira Elan Colla Brie (a.k.a. Lady Lumiya) was a Force adept and Emperor's Hand who was trained in rudimentary Sith lore by Darth Vader. After Vader killed Emperor Palpatine and then died in the Battle of Endor, she inherited the title Dark Lady of the Sith, though whether this was through the guidance of the Sith spirits of Korriban, extensive studying of a Sith Holocron, or some other means is unknown. It is not known what Lumiya did when Palpatine's clones appeared. She became the true Dark Lady of the Sith when Palpatine's last clone was destroyed. Nearly all of her appearances were in the licensed comics published by Marvel Comics, beginning with issue #56.
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[edit] History
Born on Coruscant, Brie was trained as an Imperial Intelligence agent, and was dispatched by Vader to infiltrate the Rebel Alliance. This she accomplished, and brilliantly, working her way all the way up to Rogue Squadron, where her vivacious beauty and intelligence attracted then-member Luke Skywalker. While serving with the Rebels, Brie would work alongside Kyle Katarn, Corwin Shelvay, and Erling Tredway on a mission to D'rinba IV to disable the superlaser of Death Star II.
Later, based on the planet Arbra, Rogue Squadron was detailed to covertly attack an Imperial fleet; during the battle, Skywalker's equipment malfunctioned, and he was unable to determine which of the TIE fighters were Imperial and which were Rebel, leaving him no choice but to rely on sensing intent through the Force. Using his remarkable connection to the Force, he detected and shot down his unseen enemy — who turned out to none other than his comrade Brie. While under a cloud during an investigation of how he shot down a fellow Rogue, Skywalker discovered that Brie's putative homeworld Shalyvane was in fact background cover for her, and that her true mission had been to discredit Luke with the resistance so that he would join Vader.
It was thought that she had perished in her fighter's crash, but Vader secretly had her damaged body nursed back to life and enhanced with cybernetic parts. Then he took her further under his tutelage, instructing her in the ways of the dark side in addition to her already fearsome skill set. She became, like Mara Jade, an Emperor's Hand, but while Brie was training on the fearsome Sith planet Ziost, both Vader and Palpatine perished in the Battle of Endor, leaving the title of "Dark Lady of the Sith" to her. It was there, seething with anger and bent on revenge, that Lumiya (as she now called herself) crafted her nearly-unique signature weapon: the "lightwhip", which had been previously invented only once: by the New Sith Githany. It was a lightsaber crafted out of Kaiburr crystal and Mandalorian iron, but with the ability to flex and move like a leather whip. Unlike a regular lightsaber that creates a 'blade' from a highly focused arc of energy, the lightwhip works by sending a highly focused electrical current through metallic strands, creating a charge energy aura around the strands similar to a lightsaber blade.
On Herdessa, Lumiya attempted to kidnap Leia Organa Solo, allowing Skywalker to track her to the planet Kinooine. Initially, Lumiya triumphed over Skywalker and his companions Dani and Kiro. She revealed that the reason for her success was that Skywalker's Jedi training prepared him for energy weapons or solid weapons, but not both.
After being rescued by Kiro, Skywalker constructed a shorter lightsaber, with a synthetic red blade. He confronted Lumiya again and penetrated her cyborg armor, revealing the scarred Shira Brie.
Defeated, Lumiya fled in the wake of the Nagai invasion fleet.
She would later be heard of again when she lent military support (three Star Destroyers, two frigates and four corvettes) to the Tof invasion. She trained two apprentices: Flint, who was redeemed by Luke Skywalker, and the treacherous Sovereign Protector Carnor Jax, who was killed by Palpatine loyalist Kir Kanos. She is believed to have taken a new apprentice and disappeared into the mysterious "Cloak of the Sith" region of the galaxy, carrying on the secretive, clandestine tradition of the Sith first begun by Darth Bane.
In 40 ABY, Lumiya reemerged, revealing herself to Jacen Solo. According to her, Vergere, Jacen's mentor in the New Jedi Order series, had been a Sith Apprentice. She also told him that she herself could never reach her potential as a Sith, due to her cybernetic implants. Haunted by visions of a galaxy consumed by war (precipitated by Lumiya's execution), Jacen appears to have taken the first steps towards becoming a Sith. Having doubts about Lumiya's sincerity Jacen asks her to meet him on Coruscant as a test of her loyalites (she claims that she no longer harbors any need for vengance against Luke and Leia). Hiding her presence in the force Jacen brings her before Luke on several occasions and while Master Skywalker eventually does sense her he remains oblivious to the fact that he met her in person and that Jacen is now receiving Sith teachings from her.
[edit] Ships under Lumiya's command
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- Behemoth
- Fury
- Rampage
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- Revenant
- Spectre
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- Borealis
- Firestorm
- Scorpion IV
- Wolf-Pack
[edit] Notes
Legacy of the Force, a nine-book series by Aaron Allston, Troy Denning and Karen Traviss, which will cover the expanse of time beyond the New Jedi Order, was released on May 30 2006; includes the latest circumstances of Lumiya. The first novel by Allston is entitled Betrayal. [1]
[edit] External links
- Star Wars Databank entry
- Lumiya on Wookieepedia: The Star Wars Wiki
- Shira Brie/Lady Lumiya bio page
